Stakeholder engagement

Affected Parties (APs) APs are persons, groups, and other entities within the Program Area of Influence (PAI) that are directly influenced (actually or potentially) by the IDEA program and/or have been identified as most susceptible to change associated with the program, and who need to be closely engaged in identifying impacts and their significance, as well as in decision-making on mitigation and management measures. IDEA Program APs for COMESA IDEA operations are COMESA Secretariat and other participating Regional Economic Communities (RECs) (SADC, EAC,IGAD,IOC) Member States (Ministries responsible for ICTs and Justice), National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) , Mobile network operators, ISPs, data hosting companies, fintech providers (State owned and Private) COMESA Business Council, the Project Steering Committee (PSC), the Project Technical Working Group (TWG) and Women’s talking platforms, etc. and Consumers of ICTs.